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Israel-Gaza Conflict

20 stories about Israel-Gaza Conflict
לירון רוז משקיע אנג'ל

Israel needs to formulate a cross-ministerial strategy to assist the tech sector

14.01.24|Liron Rose
"Israel's technological advantage isn't assured. We must adopt a proactive approach, similar to tech companies striving for continuous innovation," writes Liron Rose
פיטר ת'יל פלנטיר צה"ל בינה מלאכותית

Palantir supplying Israel with technology to help in war effort

13.01.24|CTech
After holding its first board meeting of the year in Tel Aviv, the US company announced the signing of a strategic partnership with the Israel Ministry of Defense
צוות הקרב של חטיבת גבעתי ב חאן יונס חיילים לוחמים צה"ל מלחמת עזה 9.1.24

War spending sees Israel budget deficit skyrocket to 4.2% of GDP in 2023

11.01.24|Reuters
In December, the deficit was 33.8 billion shekels ($9.0 billion), versus 18.5 billion a year earlier, as spending on the war was 17.2 billion shekels, while tax revenue slipped 8.4%
עו"ד יוסף ספי זינגר יו"ר רשות ני"ע

Israeli securities watchdog heads to US to reassure investors amid Gaza war fallout

11.01.24|Reuters
"We believe there is an opportunity in Israel that after the war the economy will grow. The same thing happened in past wars or military campaigns in Israel the last two decades,” said Seffy Zinger, who recently took over the helm at the Israel Securities Authority
חיילי מילואים ב עוטף עזה מלחמת עזה 13.12.23

From battlefront to boardroom: Return of Israel's reservists will propel tech recovery

08.01.24|Reuters
With the war in Gaza entering a new phase, the IDF is adjusting deployment plans and sending reservists home, many of which will also be returning to their jobs in high-tech
משקמים את הבית וידאו

Reconstruction of 1,700 destroyed homes in Gaza periphery to cost NIS 2 billion

07.01.24|Amitai Gazit
Of the thousands of houses damaged during Hamas’ 7/10 attack, the number of those designated for demolition varies; between 15-200 depending on who you ask. The cost of rebuilding the destroyed houses and infrastructure in Kibbutz Be’eri, alone is estimated to be at least NIS 300 million
מוסף שבועי 4.1.24 פרופ' יואל מוקיר

"An agreement with the Palestinians is inevitable because they will acquire nuclear weapons"

07.01.24|Shlomo Teitelbaum
Prof. Joel Mokyr paints a nightmare scenario where both Israelis and Palestinians, and many others, have nuclear capabilities. But he also thinks that this is what will lead Israel to an agreement with the Palestinians
סם אלטמן

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman calls for more empathy for Muslims, Palestinians in tech

05.01.24|CTech and Reuters
“Muslim and Arab (especially Palestinian) colleagues in the tech community I've spoken with feel uncomfortable speaking about their recent experiences, often out of fear of retaliation and damaged career prospects,” Altman wrote on X
ליז מגיל נשיאת אוניברסיטת פנסילבניה UPENN

Penn professors visit Israel on solidarity mission, call out US campus antisemitism

04.01.24|Reuters
Penn president Liz Magill resigned last month after declining to give a U.S. congressional committee a definitive "yes" or "no" answer to the question of whether calling for genocide of Jews violated the school code of conduct
רומן אברמוביץ' ב כפר עזה

Judge says bank "unreasonable" in blocking Abramovich's $2.2 million donation from frozen account

04.01.24|Lital Dobrovitsky
Russian businessman demands Bank Mizrahi Tefahot unfreeze his account and allows him to make a NIS 8 million donation to ZAKA, a volunteer organization that has been at the center of the effort to recover the bodies of hundreds of civilians following Hamas’ murderous attack. The judge requested summaries from both parties before issuing a decision
קלודין גיי נשיאת הרווארד במהלך שימוע ב קונגרס

Harvard President Gay resigns amid antisemitism and plagiarism controversies

02.01.24|Reuters
Gay's tenure was the shortest in Harvard's history and followed increasing pressure for her resignation after University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill stepped down last month following their congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus
אלכסנדר אלכס קארפ מנכ"ל פלנטיר Palantir

Tech giant Palantir to hold first board meeting of 2024 in Israel

02.01.24|CTech
“We stand with Israel. The board of directors of Palantir will be gathering in Tel Aviv next week for its first meeting of the new year. Our work in the region has never been more vital. And it will continue,” the U.S. company announced
מכוניות נטושות של מבלים מ פסטיבל נובה 7.10.23 מלחמת עזה

Nova massacre survivors suing IDF, Shin Bet, Police for $55 million in damages

01.01.24|Lital Dobrovitsky
"One phone call by IDF officials to the commander in charge of the party to disperse the party immediately in view of the expected risk would have saved the lives and prevented the bodily and mental injuries of hundreds of party participants," reads the lawsuit filed by 42 survivors of the massacre
מלחמת עזה מימין בין החטופות שבידי חמאס נועה ארגמני ו נעמה לוי

Hamas set terrible precedent in use of sexual violence as tool of terrorism

01.01.24|Shahar Ilan
"The general picture is of a systematic use of sexual assault during the Hamas attack. It is systematic in the sense that it could be identified in all the main arenas where Hamas attacked and you could see repeating patterns,” says Prof. Yifat Bitton, who has been working tirelessly to expose the alarming prevalence of sexual violence in the 7/10 attack
חיילי מילואים חיילים מלחמת עזה

Return of IDF reservists presents unique challenges for tech companies

01.01.24|Maayan Manela
Reservists face the challenge of readjusting to work after 7/10, straddling between the familiar and the altered
IDF encrypted smartphone.

A war via cell phone: How the IDF-designed encrypted smartphone is changing the face of battle

31.12.23|Ariela Karmel
Communications between IDF units are today almost entirely conducted via the military's encrypted smartphone. In the current war with Hamas which includes intense urban warfare, booby trapped buildings, and Hamas fighters disguised as Gazan civilians or Israeli hostages, such ease of communication is often the difference between life or death for IDF units.
כוחות צה"ל חיילים מחרימים כסף מזומן מ חמאס ליד רמאללה

Israel seizes millions of dollars of Hamas funding in West Bank raids

28.12.23|Reuters
Israeli army and Shin Bet security personnel carried out the raids across the West Bank, targeting financial service providers, as well as cryptocurrencies, with a special cyber crimes unit taking part in the investigation
מוסף שבועי 7.12.23 טנקיסטיות לוחמות שריון נלחמו ב מחבלים ב קיבוץ חולית בשבת השחורה

Front & center: Israeli women at forefront of Gaza war both in the field and in innovation

27.12.23|Maya Nahum Shahal
IDF Major Sapir Barki shared her personal experiences fighting at the Zikim outpost on October 7. Michal Mor, CEO of Smart Shooter, which develops smart fire control systems, added, "If people may have once thought it was necessary to invest only in fighter planes, we learned that wars are not won only from the air"
שתי מזוודות עם חמישה מיליון שקל במזומן השלל שתפסו לוחמים בביתו של בכיר בחמאס באזור ג'באליה ש ברצועת עזה , בשבוע שעבר

Israel seized over $1 billion in terror funding over past five years

27.12.23|Tomer Ganon
Data from the National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing of Israel reveal that significant economic sanctions have been imposed on terrorist organizations in recent years. However, the scale of Hamas's economic activity, along with the funds the Israeli government approved to bring into Gaza, will make it difficult to bring down Hamas' financial apparatus
ועידת תחזיות - יואל אסתרון מול כלכליסט

10 essential national tasks for the new year

27.12.23|Yoel Esteron
2024 will be at least as critical as 1974. Therefore, in order not to sink into a lost decade like after the Yom Kippur War, we need to start a national reform now, says Calcalist Publisher Yoel Esteron
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